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songbird en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɒŋˌbɜːd/ (UK)
• /ˈsɔŋˌbɝd/ (General-American)
• /ˈsɑŋˌbɝd/ (cot-caught-merger)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *séngʷʰ-e-ti Proto-Germanic *singwaną Proto-Germanic *sangwaz Proto-West Germanic *sangu Old English sang Middle English song English song Old English bridd Middle English brid English bird English songbird From song + bird.

Meanings

1. A bird having a melodious song or call.
   • Sweet little lady sings like a songbird / And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard 1976, Electric Light Orchestra, Rockaria!:
2. Any bird in the passerine suborder Passeri, which are distinguished by a more sophisticated vocal apparatus.
3. (broadly, idiomatic) A person, especially a woman, with a melodious voice.

Forms

Deriveds

songbirdlike · songling · nonsongbird · Asian songbird crisis

Hypernyms

bird · passerine

Hyponyms

vireo · nuthatch · mockingbird · bowerbird · whipbird · monarch flycatcher · lark · thornbill · triller · white-eye · piopio · oriole · grackle · currawong · bird of paradise · leafbird · wren · leaf-warbler · cowbird · shrike-thrush · rail-babbler · shrike · martin · pipit · accentor · lyrebird · honeyeater · hypocoliu · tit · grasswren · pardalote · logrunner · sittella · songstress · thrasher · treecreeper · long-tailed tit · bulbul · cisticola · fairy-bluebird · scrub bird · iora · gnatcatcher · true sparrow · kinglet · starling|sunbird}} · woodswallow · apostlebird · dipper · figbird · gerygone · flowerpecker · finch · olive warbler · estrildid finch · jay · bunting · chickadee · songster · longbill · magpie · waxwing · swallow · chat · tanager · crow · cuckoo shrike · rockfowl · wagtail · berrypecker · scrubwren · thrush · babbler · butcherbird · whistler · titmouse · fairy-wren · emu-wren · cardinal · pitohui

Relateds

Songbird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Synonyms

oscine · songbird

Translations (38)

nci cuīcanitōtōtl (bird) · cmn 鳴鳥 /鸣鸟 (bird) · da sangfugl (bird) · nb sanger (bird) · ru пе́вчая пти́ца (bird) · ko 명금 (bird) · pt passarinho (bird) · ja 鳴き鳥 (bird) · bg пойна птица (bird) · nl zangvogel (bird) · nb sangfugl (bird) · fo sangfuglur (bird) · ka მგალობელი ჩიტი (bird) · cy adar canu (bird) · cmn 鳴禽 /鸣禽 (bird) · nn songfugl (bird) · el ωδικό πτηνό (bird) · pt ave de canto (bird) · eo kantobirdo (bird) · lv dziedātājputns (bird) · de Singvogel (bird) · mi manu tīoriori (bird) · sq zog këngëtar (bird) · sl ptica pevka (bird) · pt pássaro (bird) · fr oiseau chanteur (bird) · fi laululintu (bird) · vo kanitaböd (bird) · sv sångfågel (bird) · lt giesmininkas (bird) · ca ocell cantador (bird) · sl ptič pevec (bird) · hu énekesmadár (bird) · ka მგალობელი ფრინველი (bird) · pl ptak śpiewający (bird) · uk співо́чий птах (bird) · be пяву́чая пту́шка (bird) · es pájaro cantor (bird)